We are in Houston, Texas and your announcers are Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Booker T.
Stephanie McMahon makes her way to the ring.
Stephanie welcomes everyone to the A show, the brand that decimated Smackdown last night, Monday Night Raw. She says that her brother knew that Smackdown didn't have a chance and it was written all over his face. Putting Raw Under Siege, he thought he had the advantage. Shane tried to strike first, but Stephanie says that she learned to win. Stephanie says that Kurt Angle keeps his job.
Stephanie brings out the man who was responsible for Raw's victory, her husband, Triple H.
Before Hunter can speak, Kurt Angle's music plays and he makes his way to the ring, and he is not as happy as Triple H or Stephanie.
Kurt gets in Hunter's face in the ring and he says this is not Kurt Angle the General Manager talking to you, this is the Olympic Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer speaking, If you attack me from behind again, you can take this job and shove it because he is coming after you.
Stephanie reminds Kurt that he is talking to the COO of WWE as the Raw General Manager. Stephanie tells Kurt not to jeopardize his career again.
Jason Jordan makes his way to the ring and Kurt tells Jason to hold on.
Jason wants to be put in a match with Triple H tonight.
Stephanie tells Kurt he does not have the authority to make that match.
Jason asks Hunter if he is a coward. Hunter removes his jacket and Stephanie says that in the mood her husband is in tonight, he will tear Jason apart and make a mockery of him. Triple H is not afraid of Jason or anyone in the locker room.
Braun Strowman's music plays and he comes to the ring.
Braun gets in Hunter's face and they go beard to beard.
Hunter backs up and goes to the apron . . . so Braun goes to the ropes and Hunter goes to the floor. Hunter starts to walk away and Braun follows him from inside the ring.
Stephanie says that if Jason wants a match tonight and if the fans are so blood thirsty, Jason will face Braun Strowman tonight.
Kurt stands between Braun and Jason.
Samoa Joe and Finn Balor walk in the back.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Finn Balor versus Samoa Joe
Joe with a forearm and Balor goes down. Joe with punches in the corner. Joe follows with a knee to the midsection. Balor with a drop kick to Joe. Balor with punches and kicks in the corner. Joe with a back elbow out of the corner and Balor goes down again. Joe with Mongolian chops and a nerve hold on Balor. Balor gets to his feet but Joe applies more pressure and it brings Balor back to the mat.
Balor with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Joe goes to the turnbuckles and Balor with an enzuigiri to send Joe to the floor. Balor with a plancha onto Joe. We go to commercial.
We are back and Joe with a surfboard on Balor. We see footage from the commercial of Joe suplexing Balor.Joe with a head butt and Irish whip followed by a running back elbow and an enzuigiri. Joe gets a near fall. Joe with punches to the shoulder and he returns to the nerve hold. Balor with a jaw breaker but Joe pushes Balor into the ropes and connects with a forearm. Balor with a Pele Kick. Joe runs into boots from Balor and then he goes to the apron and hits an enzuigiri. Balor with a running forearm and a drop kick to the temple.
Balor sends Joe to the floor and Balor with a baseball slide. Joe blocks the running kick on the apron and he sends Balor face first into the apron. Joe with a suicide dive that sends Balor into the ringside barrier. Joe sends Balor back into the ring and he hits an STO for a near fall. Balor blocks a uranage but Joe with a chop. Balor with Slingblade but he misses the running drop kick and Joe with a back senton for a near fall. Joe stands over Balor and applies the Kokina Clutch. Joe goes to the mat but Balor escapes and hits a double stomp. Balor with a running drop kick and Joe hits the turnbuckles and goes down.
Balor goes to the apron and then he goes up top for the Coup de Grace. Joe crotches Balor and then he applies the Kokina Clutch and adds a body scissors. Balor passes out and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Samoa Joe
We take a look at footage from the onsale celebration in New Orleans for Wrestlemania 34.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows are doing the hard sell for WWE.com and their Black Friday sales.
We take a look back at the match between the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and the WWE Champion AJ Styles.
Kurt Angle walks in the back and Jason Jordan asks Kurt if he is going to let the match happen because he is hurt. Kurt says that he heard that Jason was okay. Jason says he was saying that because of Hunter. Kurt says if he cancels the match, how will it look. Jason says he will face Braun. Jason says he can beat Braun and he is not afraid of Braun. When they are done, Braun will be telling horror stories about him.
Dana Brooke tells Asuka that she stuck her nose where it did not belong and it cost her a shot at the Raw team at Survivor Series. Dana says she has found some holes in Asuka's game.
Match Number Two: Asuka versus Dana Brooke
Asuka with a kick and Dana with a punch to the arm. Dana with a kick but Asuka with an arm wringer and kick to the back. Asuka with hip strikes to Dana followed by kicks. Asuka with an abdominal stretch in the ropes. Asuka with a running hip attack to knock Dana off the apron. Dana goes for the leg but Asuka with a knee to the head followed by kicks to Dana's head. Dana sends Asuka face first into the ropes and then she kicks Asuka in the knee.
Dana with a forearm and she pats Asuka on teh head. Dana slaps Asuka across the face and Asuka smiles. Asuka with slaps and back fists followed by a kick. Asuka with a round kick for the three count.
Winner: Asuka
We go to commercial.
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